The history of this printmaking is a very old process.  When Leonardo deVinci used the process, he didn't consider the monoprint a finished piece of work. If he liked the monoprint, he would use it as a pattern to make an etching plate so they could make many copies to distribute art to the masses. This new concept of reproducing work, was cherished & sometimes valued more then originals. They had lots of local artisans that could make original work, but this "new" idea of identical copies from printing, was very fashionable-- the reverse of today's standards.

Most of what I do is monotype printing, which consists of applying water-based printing inks onto a flat printing plate; after I finish the completed image on the plate; I place a dampened piece of art paper on the top of the plate; then put it through one of my roller presses. The pressure from the press transfers the ink to paper. When I remove paper from plate, to reveal the monotype, there is no longer an image on the plate. A new image has to be created each time: THUS THE NAME: MONOPRINT.